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The Evolution of Canadian Wages over the Last Three Decades

Picot, Garnett; Lu, Yuqian; Morissette, Rene - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2013

This study examines how real wages of Canadian workers evolved from 1981 to 2011 across five dimensions: gender, age, education, industry, and occupation.

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Summary Of: Tariff Reduction and Employment in Canadian Manufacturing, 1988-1994

Larochelle-Cote, Sebastien - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2005

manufacturing industries, which led to suggestions that employment losses were related to the reduction of trade barriers. Research … different across industries and across firms within industries. Using firm-level data, this study investigates the impact of …

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The Importance of Entry to Canadian Manufacturing with an Appendix on Measurement Issues

Beckstead, Desmond; Baldwin, John R.; Girard, Andree - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2002

Understanding the importance of the dynamic entry process in the Canadian economy involves measuring size of entry. The main purpose of this paper is to summarize the information we have on the amount of entry in Canada. The paper also fulfils another purpose. Some studies have focused on...

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Corporate Financial Leverage in Canadian Manufacturing: Consequences for Employment and Inventories

Larochelle-Cote, Sebastien; Heisz, Andrew - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2004

This paper investigates the link between financial structure and employment growth, and the link between financial structure and inventory growth, among incorporated Canadian manufacturers from 1988 to 1997. It finds that financially vulnerable firms - smaller firms and those with higher...

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Technology-induced Wage Premia in Canadian Manufacturing Plants During the 1980s

Johnson, Joanne; Baldwin, John R.; Gray, Tara - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1996

and activities of small and medium-sized firms in both manufacturing and services industries,Baldwin and Johnson (1995 …

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The Effect of Technology and Trade on Wage Differentials Between Nonproduction and Production Workers in Canadian Manufacturing

Baldwin, John R.; Raffiquzzaman, Mohammed - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1998

The 1980s and 1990s have seen a rising share of skilled labour in total employment in the manufacturing sector of Canada. At the same time, the wage premium for skilled workers has increased, thereby increasing the inequality between skilled and unskilled workers. There is a disagreement about...

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A Tale of Three Cities: The Dynamics of Manufacturing in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, 1976-1997

Vinodrai, Tara - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2001

market. Montreal has experienced declines across most of the manufacturing industries. A heavy concentration of employment in … labour intensive industries such as textiles and clothing, which have experienced severe declines across Canada, has … amplified the level of decline in Montreal. However, Montreal has seen some growth in science-based industries. While Vancouver …

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Firms, Industries, and Unemployment Insurance: An Analysis Using Employer-employee Data from Canada

Chen, Wen-Hao; Corak, Miles - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2005

The exploration of newly available administrative data in a number of countries has led to a growing realization that a careful study of the interaction between employer and employee characteristics is needed to fully understand labour market outcomes. The objective of this paper is to develop...

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Were Small Producers the Engines of Growth in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector in the 1980s?

Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1996

Small firms are often seen to be the engines of growth. There are two main sources of empirical evidence that are adduced to support this conclusion. The first is that job creation has been coming mainly from small firms. The second is that the share of employment accounted for by small firms...

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Job Creation by Company Size Class: Concentration and Persistence of Job Gains and Losses in Canadian Companies

Picot, Garnett; Dupuy, Richard - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1997

The statistical observation that small firms have created the majority of new jobs during the 1980s has had a tremendous influence on public policy. Governmentshave looked to the small firm sector for employment growth, and have promoted policies to augment this expansion. However, recent...

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